❓ Ms Davies asks the Minister for Corrective Services to provide Parliament with data on the use of the 'folding up' restraint methodology at Banksia Hill Detention Centre for the past 12 months. The Minister agrees to provide the information, highlighting their transparency and willingness to allow oversight.
AnsweredQoN 704Legislative Assembly
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BANKSIA HILL DETENTION
CENTRE — FOUR CORNERS REPORT —''FOLDING UP''
RESTRAINT METHODOLOGY
704. Ms M.J. DAVIES to the Minister for Corrective Services:
I have a supplementary question. I thank
the minister. The minister mentioned that a record is maintained of the use of this type of restraint. Will the minister
undertake to provide Parliament with this information for the last 12 months
at Banksia Hill?
CENTRE — FOUR CORNERS REPORT —''FOLDING UP''
RESTRAINT METHODOLOGY
704. Ms M.J. DAVIES to the Minister for Corrective Services:
I have a supplementary question. I thank
the minister. The minister mentioned that a record is maintained of the use of this type of restraint. Will the minister
undertake to provide Parliament with this information for the last 12 months
at Banksia Hill?
AnswerView source ↗
Yes. I have answered every single
question thoroughly. The shadow Minister for Corrective Services is in the
upper house and he regularly asks questions in the upper house. Every single
time he has asked a question, I have answered every single detail that he has
requested. Indeed, Hon Dr Brad Pettitt, member for South Metropolitan Region,
has also asked an extensive number of questions and all those have been
provided with answers. I have no reason not to provide any information, and
every time anybody asks me a question, I answer it thoroughly. I am therefore happy to do so. I also point out that I have
encouraged the department to allow all independent organisations like the Commissioner for Children and Young
People, the Office of the Inspector of Custodial Services and, indeed ,
the United Nations, to be able to visit both unit 18 and Banksia Hill Detention
Centre. I have facilitated members of Parliament from non-Labor parties to
visit both unit 18 and Banksia Hill. That is a contrast, because in 2013 when
the Leader of the Opposition sat around the cabinet table as a minister in the
former government and decided to move 70 detainees to an adult prison, Hon Fran
Logan was refused a visit to Hakea Prison.
question thoroughly. The shadow Minister for Corrective Services is in the
upper house and he regularly asks questions in the upper house. Every single
time he has asked a question, I have answered every single detail that he has
requested. Indeed, Hon Dr Brad Pettitt, member for South Metropolitan Region,
has also asked an extensive number of questions and all those have been
provided with answers. I have no reason not to provide any information, and
every time anybody asks me a question, I answer it thoroughly. I am therefore happy to do so. I also point out that I have
encouraged the department to allow all independent organisations like the Commissioner for Children and Young
People, the Office of the Inspector of Custodial Services and, indeed ,
the United Nations, to be able to visit both unit 18 and Banksia Hill Detention
Centre. I have facilitated members of Parliament from non-Labor parties to
visit both unit 18 and Banksia Hill. That is a contrast, because in 2013 when
the Leader of the Opposition sat around the cabinet table as a minister in the
former government and decided to move 70 detainees to an adult prison, Hon Fran
Logan was refused a visit to Hakea Prison.
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